Show indians on the western mail route the following communication has been handed us for publication we can vouch for nothing in it nor do we endorse the sentiments of the writer but as there is a great deal of talk about premeditated hostility among the indians on the western route the publicity of the rumors over the signature 0 of a responsible party is but an act of simple justice to those who are and will be traveling west during summer and also to the superintendent as he thereby has a fair show for personal defense from the repeated att attacks acks achs upon his hiis official relationship with the red men at the moment we write tuesday forenoon we understand that it is the intebi anten i tion of major majon E egan ean 0 an to make a requisition up on ilis his excellency for military assistance to i preserve the property of the mail mall and express t company and also to secure the thi tion of the public service I 1 DIAMOND SPRING may alay 4 1861 MB dir EGAN SIR I 1 I 1 write you to inform y you ou how we are getting along at this place as yet et no disturbance has occurred but every thing thin goes to indicate that there wili will will be an outbreak before long by the indians I 1 have just returned from ruby in haste as 1 I was informed there that the white knives I 1 were intending to massacre us and take the stock and I 1 have no doubt but some of the shoshones Sho hones wll wil join them as they are mad at davis navis lying to them I 1 As I 1 wrote in in my last strange indians con dinue passing bac back k and forth betwixt the I 1 different tribes there were three stopped stopp t here two nights I 1 a short time since who w ho had bad ropes concealed in their shirts for the purpose of leading off stock but they got no do chance to I 1 use them themas as the stock was corralled mr I 1 I 1 earl says he saw an indian standing upon I 1 1 the ledge of rocks fronting the house yester I 1 day making observations but did not come i down another was seen today to day b by S E I 1 mccandless express ride rup in tile the lavon kanyon sneaking 11 round in a curious style for a friend an fn end tomorrow to morrow I 1 fortify as well as I 1 can and prepare for an attack we now keep guard nights n I 1 expect that in the course of a week or ten dad days we shall be attacked with 1 lout sout 1 atif fail and I 1 think they intend to make a 1 strong effort to carry carry the day 1 if I 1 hind bind out that it will be useless to try I 1 and hod the place that is if I 1 find out there are foo many coming I 1 think it will be best to head them by taking the stock and goin going to ruby there there are but two of us here aad ra but very ery little ammunition a one pistol and gun however we will try and do the best we can call but it looks dark davis dais ought to tb be huit hurl hung for making promises to the natives and not fulfilling ful fuir tilling fulling them it is bothin nothing 1 more or less than signing the death warrant bathe of the boy on th the mail lill line i k youra yours respectfully clias ciras L HAWLEY HAWL |